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Software Engineer - Platform, Mission Systems

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Software Engineer - Platform, Mission Systems in Canada

  • Remote

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and augment automation and distributed services supporting the operation of Planet’s satellites.
  • Manage cloud-based infrastructure services and associated tooling for internal needs and customer-facing service-level agreements.
  • Evaluate and select appropriate software technologies.
  • Design and deploy critical infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with Satellite and Ground Operations, Pipeline, Product, and other cross-functional teams.
  • Support end users and iteratively improve spacecraft operations systems.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a similar field.
  • At least 4 years of relevant work experience.
  • Experience building services that use cloud-based infrastructure and tooling such as AWS or GCP.
  • Experience maintaining infrastructure with Ansible or similar tools such as Kubernetes or Terraform.
  • Experience programming in Python.
  • Experience with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL.
  • Experience with automated testing, code review, documentation, peer-reviewed code, and continuous integration and deployment workflows.
  • Proficient Linux skills.
  • Ability to work independently and communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Preferred experience with API design, monitoring tools such as Datadog or Sentry, microservice environments, and aerospace concepts.
  • Ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • Health Savings Account with a company contribution.
  • Paid time off, holidays, and company-wide days off.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program.
  • Home office reimbursement.
  • Monthly phone and internet reimbursement.
  • Tuition reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning.
  • Equity and commuter benefits for employees local to an office.
  • Volunteering paid time off.
  • Full-time remote position based in the United States or Canada; employees near an office are expected to work there three days per week.

Planet

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